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Fast Forward Top Garcetti aide will ‘take a leave’ after sexual misconduct allegations
Rick Jacobs, a top political aide to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced he will be taking a leave from his nonprofit and political engagements after a second person came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against him. “For the past 17 years, I have dedicated myself to advocacy and public service. I do not want…
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News “There’s no going back’ What rabbis learned from the extraordinary High Holidays of 2020
I am not a rabbi — but am I proud of my colleagues who are. Along with cantors, soloists, educators, executive directors, board donors and laypeople in hundreds of congregations and spiritual communities, they pulled off one of the most extraordinary historic pivots in synagogue life. “This is epic,” Rabbi Steven Leder of Wilshire Boulevard…
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News L.A. congregations create a pandemic-safe ‘shofar wave’ across the city
On Sunday afternoon at the busy intersection of Pico Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, Temple Beth Am congregant Sandra Lepson was among those who’d turned out to hear the shofar in a public space with other people while maintaining social distancing. “I thought this was a really cool idea and I wanted to be witness…
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Community Why California Jews are backing Prop. 15
California is engaged in a David versus Goliath battle over wealth and inequality and a growing army of Jews is joining the crusade to slay the corporate giant. The battleground is Proposition 15, a statewide measure known as “Schools and Communities First” (SCF) that would increase property taxes on the state’s largest corporations and raise…
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News ‘Everybody is touched by this’ — Jewish organizations mobilize to help wildfire victims
Even as they struggle to help families hit hard by the coronavirus and the economic downtown, Jewish organizations in California and the Pacific Northwest are mobilized — once again — to help victims of the wildfires that have devastated large swaths of region. “The mood and tone here?” said Marc Blattner, president and chief executive…
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News L.A. Israelis face tragic consequences of socializing during pandemic
Rachel and Shlomi Elkriaf went on a trip to Laughlin, Nevada with a group of friends on Memorial Day Weekend. It was an annual tradition that they decided to continue despite the looming threat of coronavirus. After a few months of staying home due to the pandemic, they wanted a vacation. A couple of days…
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News Sam Yebri enters L.A. City Council race, hoping to be first Persian-Jewish council member
Sam Yebri was a year old in 1982 when his Jewish family fled Iran, stopping in Rome, Vienna, Switzerland and New York before settling in Los Angeles in 1983. Looking back, he recognizes his family’s good fortune. Not only did they escape the new Islamic regime under Ayatollah Khomeini, Los Angeles gave the Yebri family…
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News In Los Angeles, Israelis rally for Trump
Hundreds of Israelis and Israeli-Americans paraded by car, waving flags and honking horns, to show their support for President Donald Trump. Close to 2,000 people participated in the pro-Trump rally on Aug. 30 in Los Angeles. The rally, which started at Taft High School in Woodland Hills and ended at Jerry’s Famous Deli in Studio…
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